Next Version of Android will Encrypt Data by Default

If your organization has a BYOD policy that allows users to choose among popular mobile platforms, there's a good chance that some of them are using Android devices. World-wide Google's mobile OS has almost 85% of the smart phone market and in the U.S., comes in with just over half the market (51.5%).

That means some of your workers might be storing sensitive business data on Android phones. And that's why the news that the next version of Android, due to be released sometime in the next few months, will encrypt data by default instead of requiring encryption to be explicitly enabled.

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Deb Shinder

Debra Littlejohn Shinder is a technology and security analyst and author specializing in identity, security and cybercrime, utilizing her past experience as a police officer and police academy/criminal justice instructor. She has written numerous books and articles for web and print publications and has been awarded the Microsoft MVP designation for fourteen years in a row.

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